The demand for acrylates in India stood at more than 200 KTPA in 2018
and is projected to grow at a healthy rate during forecast period.

In India, currently no company is manufacturing acrylates monomers.
Thus, India is totally depended on imports of acrylates such as Butyl
acrylate, Ethyl acrylate, Methyl acrylate and 2-Ethyl hexyl acrylate.
These acrylates have different use in different applications.

The major use of acrylates is in paints & coatings industry, textiles,
plastics and adhesives manufacturing. Increasing construction activities
in India is propelling the demand for paints, adhesives, plastic sheets,
thereby directly driving the demand for acrylate monomers to produce end
products.

Acrylates are majorly used in paints and coatings industry, adhesive
industry owing to their properties, such as heat and ageing resistance,
color stability, low-temperature flexibility and good weatherability.
The major reason for using acrylates rather than polymers is glass
transition temperature. Acrylates have a great stability at transition
temperature in comparison to polymers, which undergo transition change
at glass temperature and lose their property, while acrylates remain
stable.